mri_to_ascii

mri_to_ascii, a C code which reads a file containing MRI information in binary format, and writes an equivalent ASCII text file.

Usually, the ASCII data is created so that it can be modified in some way; if it is necessary to convert the modified data back to the MRI format, the ascii_to_mri command can be used.

Usage:

mri_to_ascii prefix

• prefix.dat is the name of the binary file containing the MRI information.
• prefix.txt is the ASCII text file containing a readable copy of the MRI information.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

mri_to_ascii is available in a C version.

Related Data and Programs:

ASCII_TO_MRI, a C code which converts translated ASCII text back to binary format.

mri_to_ascii_test

MRI_TO_PGM, a C code which converts binary MRI information to a sequence of PGM graphics files.

PGH_MRI, a data directory which contains examples of PGH MRI files, a format for storing brain scan data gathered by magnetic resonance imaging;

Source Code:

• mri_to_ascii.c, the source code;
• mri_to_ascii.sh, compiles the source code;